Development of the EURITRACK tagged neutron inspection system
| Autor: | Vladivoj Valkovic, Marcello Lunardon, Carlo Tintori, J.-L. Szabo, Germano Bonomi, Antonietta Donzella, C. Carasco, Giuseppe Viesti, T. Batsch, S. Bernard, Paolo Peerani, A. Mariani, A. Colonna, Wlodzimierz Klamra, G. Boghen, E. Mercier, M. Lhuissier, G. Nebbia, D. Fabris, Bertrand Perot, M. Salvato, P. Isaksson, S. Pesente, Guillaume Sannie, P. Le Tourneur, V. Sequeira, Marek Moszynski, D. Woski, Adriano Fontana, Sandra Moretto, Davorin Sudac, M. Gierlik, Aldo Zenoni |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Computer science Nuclear engineering Detector Nuclear physics Neutron generator media_common.cataloged_instance Explosive detection Neutron Electronics European union EURITRACK associated particle technique fast neutron inspection explosive detection Instrumentation media_common |
| Zdroj: | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 261:295-298 |
| ISSN: | 0168-583X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.nimb.2007.03.073 |
| Popis: | The EURopean Illicit TRAfficing Countermeasures Kit (EURITRACK) project is part of the 6th European Union Framework Program. It aims at developing a Tagged Neutron Inspection System (TNIS) to detect illicit materials, such as explosives and narcotics, in cargo containers. Fast neutron induced reactions produce specific gamma-rays used to determine the chemical composition of the inspected material. The associated particle technique is employed to precisely locate the interaction points of the neutrons. A new deuterium– tritium neutron generator has been developed, including a pixelized alpha particle detector. The TNIS also comprises high-efficiency fast neutron and gamma-ray detectors, a dedicated front-end electronics and an integrated software to entirely drive the system and automatically process the data. Most components have been integrated during last months at Institute Ruder Boskovic, in Zagreb, Croatia. An overview of the TNIS and of its preliminary performances is presented. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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